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Much of the information found in this bird library and my Field Guides was gathered from the following sources:

'''On the Web'''
* Major Sources:
** [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
** [http://www.allaboutbirds.org/ All About Birds]
** [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ Cornell Lab of Ornithology]
** [http://www.birdlife.org Bird Life International] ''Used for the most of the global population counts''

* Other Sources:
** [http://www.theanimalfiles.com The Animal files]
** [http://www.australianwildlife.org Australian Wildlife Conservancy]
** [http://birdsinbackyards.net Australian Birds in the Backyard]
** [http://www.bnt.bs/ Bahamas National Trust]
** [http://bna.birds.cornell.edu Birds of North America Online]
** [http://www.birdforum.net BirdForum.net]
** [http://www.birdguides.com BirdGuides.com]
** [http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ Center for Biological Diversity]
** [http://www.bu.edu/ Boston University] 
** [http://www.flamingoresources.org/ Flamingo Resource Centre]
** [http://www.honoluluzoo.org Honolulu Zoo]
** [http://www.hummingbirds.net  Hummingbirds.net] 
** [http://www.savingcranes.org/ International Crane Foundation]
** [http://www.iucn.org/ International Union for the Conservation of Nature] 
** [http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN RED List]
** [http://www.oikonos.org/projects/firecrown.htm Juan Fernández Island Conservancy]
** [http://www.audubon.org/ National Audubon]
** [http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks Natureworks]
** [http://www.owlpages.com the Owl Pages]
** [http://www.pbs.org/ PBS Nature]
** [http://www.projectpuffin.org/PuffinCam.html The Puffin Project]
** [http://www.sciencedaily.com Science Daily]
** [http://nationalzoo.si.edu Smithsonian National Zoological Park]
** [http://birdbase.hokkaido-ies.go.jp/rdb/rdb_en/gorsgois.pdf Threatened Birds of Asia]
** [http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands US Fish and Wildlife Pacific Islands] 
** [http://vultures.homestead.com/ Vultures; Nature’s Nobel Caretakers]
** [http://www./www.whatbird.com/ What Bird?]


'''Books and Articles in Print'''
* Field Guides
** [http://www.sibleyguides.com/ '''"The Sibley Guide to Birds" by David Allen Sibley''']
** “A Guide to the Birds of Colombia” by Steven L. Hilty & William L. Brown
** “A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America” by Steve N. G. Howell and Sophie Webb
** “Birds of the West Indies” by Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando H. Garrido, Allan Keith, and Janis I. Raffaele (Princeton University Press)
** “Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific” by H. Douglas Pratt, Phillip L. Bruner and Delwyn G. Berrett, Princeton Press, 1989.
** "Birds of Australia" by Ken Simpson and Nicolas Day. Princeton University Press
** “Birds of Peru” by Thomas S. Schulenberg, Douglas F. Stotz, Antonio Brack Egg, Daniel F. Lane, John P O'Neill, Theodore A. Parker, III 
** “Birds of South America. Non-Passerines: Rheas to Woodpeckers” by Francisco Erize, Jorge R. Rodriguez Mata and Maurice Rumboll
** "Birds of Europe" by Killian Mullarney, Lars Svensson, Dan Zetterstorm and Peter J. Grant. Princeton University Press
** "Birds of Southeast Asia" by Craig Robson. Princeton University Press
** "Birds of East Asia" by Mark Brazil. Princeton University Press
** "Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa" by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe
** "What Bird is That?: A Guide to the Birds of Australia" by Neville W. Casey. Angus and Roberston
* Other References Books and Articles
** “Behavioral Ecology of the Yucatan Jay” by Ralph J. Raitt and John William Hardy
** “Condors and Vultures” by David Houston
** “Ocean Birds” by Lars Löfgren
** "Parrots of the World" by Tony Juniper and Mike Parr. Yale University Press.
** “Raptors of the World” by James Ferguson-Lees and David A. Christie
** “Vultures: Animal Scavengers” by Sandra Markle


'''Recommended reading:'''

* [http://www.birdsource.org/ BirdSouce]
* [http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands/wnews/poouli_fs102303.pdf Our Last Effort to Save the Po’o-uli]
* [http://www.kakaporecovery.org.nz/ The Kakapo Recovery Center]
* [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/fig-parrot/pubs/fig-parrot.pdf Coxen's Fig-parrot Recovery Plan 2001-2005] 
* [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/m-melanotis National recovery plan for the Black-eared Miner] 
* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cewappl/docs/cer_manual.pdf Cerulean Warbler Atlas Project for Private Lands] 
* [http://www.lordhowe-tours.com.au/ Lord Howe Island]